The Twelves would've been massive in the 70s

Well, they've done it again. The Twelves have a new remix out of "Seven" by Fever Ray (Karin Andersson of The Knife) and its just fantastic. I really wish I had gone and seen the Twelves at Shine when they were in town.

Have a listen here

And now for something completely different:

I came across Spoon pretty recently and liked what I heard. If any of you have seen 500 Days of Summer, their song "The Infinite Pet" is featured in there. They've also been on PBS' Austin City Limits which is big for any band. Bands such as Explosions in the Sky, My Morning Jacket, and The Decemberists have been on the show separate of the Austin City Limits music festival (I think). A new LP is on its way soon so stay tuned for that if you dig it

Here's a single from Spoon from their 2001 release "Girls Can Tell"

Spoon - Everything Hits At Once

From across the pond in the UK, Pete and the Pirates have been on pretty frequent rotation in my room for the last little while. I would never have known about them if my sister hadn't told me to download their album (tanks sis!)

It's catchy, fun, and a damn good listen

Bright Lights
Knots
Both songs from their 2008 relase "Little Death"

It's Halloween tomorrow which means PARTY HARD & HAVE FUN!! If anyone in Vancouver is going to Youngblood Halloween, I'll see you party folk there! The night is going to be


BONKERS

Let's Funk Friday

It's mo'fuckin friday which means getting as much of my paper done so I can make way for study time this weekend for two midterms next week. Fun fun!



Out of LA, Keenhouse have cast a "lets funk" kind of tone to studying lately. They were in Vancouver recently at Bonafide Saturday at Shine. I didn't get a chance to check it out but I'm positive that good times were had. If you're in Vancouver, check out Shine. Although it's noticeably small, the sound system kicks ass and Thursdays/Saturdays are your night for electro, disco, and house. Its free before 11, too. Good news if you're an early bird like me.

Keenhouse- Ari-es (Hemingway's Starlight Yacht Remix)
NightWaves- Fascination (Keenhouse Remix)

Bonus: Junior Boys - Hazel (HIGHLY recommended)

Where The Wild Things Are

No, I haven't seen it yet. Karen O did the soundtrack for the movie which I'm stoked on. I've read some different reviews of the movie saying that it "isn't so much a movie for children as it is a movie about children." I guess it's a movie that a kid would figure out until he/she would be old enough to grasp everything. Kinda like me and Forrest Gump. Nothing made sense and now I realize that Jenny was going to fly far far away from her balcony to the concrete.


Karen O and the Kids - All is Love


Aside from the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Karen's side project Native Korean Rock is a bare-bones, unfinished sound that seem as if they were some audible note to self; none of the songs break 2:00 and the songs are great because of this.


Native Korean Rock - OOO

Native Korean Rock - Rapt

First Post!

Well howdy do da fucking dandy y'all!

It's my first post here and well, I must say, I am pretty stoked for this and whats to come.

We'll say I have quite the eclectic music taste, so every post is going to be one big old bag of SURPRISE!

Phil already made an introduction post, yet failed to spell my last name correctly, but hey! NO worries Phil.

So The xx is giving us their version of Florence and the Machine's 'you got the love'. As if the original wasn't already a super catchy hit, xx may of just made it a little bit better. I'll let you, the listeners decide on that though.

So here it is have a listen:

florence and the machine - you got the love (the xx remix)

p.s. Both The xx and Florence are currently touring Europe right now so hit em up on myspace check out the dates and go to a show or two...or even three! They also have two US dates (NY & LA) and a Can. date (TORONTO) this month I believe.

Four for the floor

Bring on the long weekend! There are a lot of long weekend parties going on in Vancouver so go grab a friend and have some fun!

The Twelves are a wicked Brazilian duo that have done a lot of remixes from the likes of Groove Armada, Radiohead, and Metric. Their remix of "Help I'm Alive" is a big hit for me and is a perfect "get your booty movin'" tune.

Metric - Help I'm Alive (The Twelves remix)(zshare)


Sometimes there are songs that you would never expect to hear in a party/club environment; songs like The Knife's Silent Shout or Cut Copy's Hearts On Fire (at least I think so) Here's one that'll pop your top

Bat For Lashes

Daniel (DJ Kue remix)(zshare)
Daniel - Album version(zshare)




Acid Girls have put out some pretty killer remixes too. I remember finding them randomly about a year ago. I really dug their stuff and I knew that these guys would drop and drop big. They'll be playing YoungBlood Halloween this year with Jokers Of The Scene, Felix Cartal...eh, just look at the poster. It's gonna be MAD!

www.myspace.com/acid_girls
(Insert your Cyrillic translation here) - The Toxic Avenger (Acid Girls remix)(zshare)
Seriously, don't freak out if the song title appears in some weird language, that's just how it is. Can anyone translate it? Leave a comment!


Once again, its the Thanksgiving long weekend so have a good one whatever you're doing to celebrate. Much love to everyone doing the Push For The Cure this year. Once again I won't be pushing the whole way, but I'll catch up with you all on the Hastings stretch. Next year!

For more info on the event and the cause go to http://www.pushforthecure.net

"Persistence is what makes the impossible possible, the possible likely and the likely, definite."

WELCOME ABOARD

ANDREA FREAKIN' ALDRIDGE! She's now on board as a co-author of this blog so there's going to be a bit more activity on this blog (as in more updates than once a week). I should pick up my game then...

Anyway, she's rad and look forward to some awesome tunes from her! Thanks Andrea!

La Roux & Redial

La Roux's been causing quite a stir lately. With catchy melodies and wicked club play-potential (tons of remixes out there), she's one to keep an eye out on. A fella by the name of Redial did a killer remix of Bulletproof, adding a funkier bassline and spacey (but not overwhelmingly spacey) synths make for a fun disco-shaker. Fire up the strobe light!


La Roux - Bulletproof (Redial remix) (zshare)



Redial - Heart (zshare)




PS. SIMIAN MOBILE DISCO IN VANCOUVER DECEMBER 1st. DO NOT MISS THIS! @ The Commodore. Tix at Zulu, ticketmaster etc.